Question: My Medicare Advantage Plan includes an Over The Counter benefit. I haven’t used it all, does it roll over into the next year (2025)? Answer: In the last few years, we have seen many of the Medicare Advantage Plans offering an Over The Counter (OTC) benefit. These benefits are ...

It’s fairly common to hear people complain bitterly about what’s happening in government, both locally and nationally, only to find out they don’t vote. The reasons they give are many and varied. Some people have financial or transportation issues, can’t get time off from work, or find ...

There is one parade I wish I could have attended—the one that ended the Civil War. Over two days the Armies of the Union traversed Pennsylvania Avenue, from the Capitol to the White House, a seemingly unending sea of soldiers. In the case of General Sherman’s Army, it took most of a day ...

Article 1, Section 11 of the New York Constitution protects against unequal treatment based on race, color, creed, and religion. Proposal 1 will amend the act to also protect against unequal treatment based on ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender ...

Are you old enough to remember when television channels signed off for the night? I recall them playing the national anthem, then shutting down. There was no television to watch during the night. The next morning the process worked in reverse. They played the national anthem, then were up and ...

Let’s pick up where we left off last week. In whatever action or case particularly catching their attention, judicial activists tend to want the U.S. Supreme Court to base its decision not on the law but on their will. Judicial activism previously held more sway in the high court than it ...